16 USC 565 a-1 to a-3 (Cooperative Funds and Deposits Act of December 12, 1975)

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TITLE 16--CONSERVATION

CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT

SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 565a-1. Cooperative agreements between Secretary of
Agriculture and public or private agencies, organizations,
institutions, and persons covering Forest Service programs;
authority; funding

To facilitate the administration of the programs and activities of
the Forest Service, the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and enter
into cooperative agreements with public or private agencies,
organizations, institutions, or persons to construct, operate, and
maintain cooperative pollution abatement equipment and facilities,
including sanitary landfills, water systems, and sewer systems; to
engage in cooperative manpower and job training and development
programs; to develop and publish cooperative environmental education and
forest history materials; and to perform forestry protection, including
fire protection, timber stand improvement, debris removal, and thinning
of trees. The Secretary may enter into aforesaid agreements when he
determines that the public interest will be benefited and that there
exists a mutual interest other than monetary considerations. In such
cooperative arrangements, the Secretary is authorized to advance or
reimburse funds to cooperators from any Forest Service appropriation
available for similar kinds of work or by furnishing or sharing
materials, supplies, facilities, or equipment without regard to the
provisions of section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31, relating to the
advance of public moneys.

(Pub. L. 94-148, Sec. 1, Dec. 12, 1975, 89 Stat. 804.)

Codification

``Section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31'' substituted in text for
``the Act of January 31, 1823 (Rev. Stat. 3648, as amended; 31 U.S.C.
529)'' on authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96
Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and
Finance.

Mutual Benefit of Agreements to Forest Service and Other Parties

Pub. L. 108-7, div. F, title III, Sec. 321, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat.
274, as amended by Pub. L. 109-54, title IV, Sec. 426, Aug. 2, 2005, 119
Stat. 555, provided that: ``Until September 30, 2007, the authority of
the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into an agreement under the first
section of Public Law 94-148 (16 U.S.C. 565a-1) for a purpose described
in such section includes the authority to use that legal instrument when
the principal purpose of the resulting relationship is to the mutually
significant benefit of the Forest Service and the other party or parties
to the agreement, including nonprofit entities. An agreement entered
into under this section shall not be subject to Public Law 95-224,
Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act (1977) [see section 6301 et
seq. of Title 31, Money and Finance].''
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior
appropriation act:
Pub. L. 107-63, title III, Sec. 328, Nov. 5, 2001, 115 Stat. 470.

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TITLE 16--CONSERVATION

CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT

SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 565a-2. Federal employee status of cooperators

In any agreement authorized by section 565a-1 of this title,
cooperators and their employees may perform cooperative work under
supervision of the Forest Service in emergencies or otherwise as
mutually agreed to, but shall not be deemed to be Federal employees
other than for the purposes of chapter 171 of title 28 and chapter 81 of
title 5.

(Pub. L. 94-148, Sec. 2, Dec. 12, 1975, 89 Stat. 804.)

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[CITE: 16USC565a-3]

TITLE 16--CONSERVATION

CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT

SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 565a-3. Agreements otherwise authorized by law

Nothing in sections 565a-1 to 565a-3 of this title shall be
construed as limiting or modifying the authority of the Secretary to
enter into cooperative agreements otherwise authorized by law.

(Pub. L. 94-148, Sec. 3, Dec. 12, 1975, 89 Stat. 804.)